From today, the functionality platform launched by ACER and ENTSOG last year to gather potential implementation issues with the gas network codes, allows more stakeholders to provide feedback on a wider range of topics.

The “Functionality Process for Gas Network Codes” is a process which was set up jointly by ACER and ENTSOG with the support of the European Commission. To facilitate this process, the functionality platform was developed as a web based tool to allow all relevant parties (as defined in the tool’s Terms of Use), to participate by addressing their issues, as well as to get involved in the development of proposals of issue solutions.

Alberto Pototschnig, ACER Director commented that the enlarged scope of the Functionality Platform shows the Agency’s commitment to promote stakeholder engagement in the implementation of Network Codes. We continue to encourage stakeholders to put forward gas Network Code issues, so that the Agency in cooperation with the European Commission and ENTSOG can deal with them in a structured way.’

One of the new features of the functionality platform is the posting of an issue by any relevant party, not only by those directly affected. In addition, any issue regarding a network code and guidelines can be reported, not only implementation issues. Issues which have been addressed previously will be reconsidered if a material change can be shown. A preliminary and indicative assessment of costs and benefits of the proposed solution may also be undertaken.

ACER and ENTSOG would like to invite stakeholders to comment on the new scope of the functionality process before the 30 September 2017. Please navigate to a-two question survey using the following link.

​From today, the functionality platform launched by ACER and ENTSOG last year to gather potential implementation issues with the gas network codes, allows more stakeholders to provide feedback on a wider range of topics.​

Title: ACER and ENTSOG upgrade the functionality platform to support the implementation of gas network codes

ACER’s Annual Conference 2016, “ACER: Past, Present and Future”, will take place on 16 June. The Conference will aim to define how the Agency can best contribute to the common goal of completing a well-functioning, competitive, sustainable and secure Internal Energy Market in the context of the Energy Union.

The Conference, which will be opened by Slovenian national authorities and key EU representatives, will be structured in three sessions. The first session - “How ACER came about” - will focus on the rationale behind the establishment of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators, as part of the new regulatory framework defined by the Third Energy Package. Which gaps was the Agency called to fill and what were the expectations on the role of the Agency in promoting the Internal Energy Market?

In March 2016 the Agency turned five. The second session will thus focus on the Agency’s challenges and achievements in its first years of existence, as seen from the perspective of its stakeholders and institutional partners. Particular emphasis will be given to the key lessons learned in the course of these five years, which may help the Agency improve its functioning in the future.

The third session will consider ACER’s role in the future, particularly in the framework of the Energy Union. What should the priorities be for its action? In which areas, if any, should the Agency extend its activities and be given stronger powers? How could the Agency improve its functioning to respond to the challenges facing the energy sector in the years to come and to ensure that EU energy consumers fully reap the benefits of the Internal Energy Market?

ACER’s Annual Conference 2016, “ACER: Past, Present and Future”, will take place on 16 June. The Conference will aim to define how the Agency can best contribute to the common goal of completing a well-functioning, competitive, sustainable and secure Internal Energy Market in the context of the Energy Union.

Title: ACER’s Annual Conference: A look into the future as the Agency turns five

The Agency launches today a call for a new consultative expert group on wholesale energy market trading. This group will advise the Agency on topics related to the EU Regulation on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency (REMIT) replacing the Ad hoc REMIT Expert Group, which ended on 28 February 2017.

The group will mainly focus on providing advice on REMIT policy matters, including compliance with the obligation on market participants to disclose inside information, as well as other EU regulations impacting on energy trading and market functioning regulation on energy markets, including financial market regulation. It may also be called on to provide advice on the REMIT Regulation more broadly in order to develop proposals for any future review.

As previous Expert Groups, it may submit opinions and advice on any issue related to the tasks of the Agency according to REMIT, with particular focus on the above-mentioned areas.

The deadline for applications is 31 July 2017.The deadline for applications has been extended until Monday 14 August 2017.

More information on the application process and the Terms of Reference and Rules of Procedure may be found in the Open Letter​. For information, the first meeting will be tentatively held on Tuesday 10 October in Ljubljana.

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The Agency launches today a call for a new consultative expert group on wholesale energy market trading. This group will advise the Agency on topics related to the EU Regulation on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency (REMIT) replacing the Ad hoc REMIT Expert Group, which ended on 28 February 2017.

Title: ACER calls for stakeholders to join new Expert group on wholesale energy market trading

The Agency is organising “The 1st Energy Market Integrity and Transparency Forum”, a public event that will be held on 11 October 2017. The forum will focus on REMIT policy topics (Q&A, Urgent Market Messages (UMMs), REMIT data quality etc.) and the two years of REMIT experiences, as seen through the eyes of stakeholders. It will also focus on the way forward: REMIT II on the horizon. You are welcome to join!

Please save the date 11 October 2017.

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​The Agency is organising “The 1st Energy Market Integrity and Transparency Forum”, a public event that will be held on 11 October 2017. ​

​The latest issue of the Agency’s REMIT Quarterly has been published today on the REMIT Portal.

The ninth edition of the REMIT Quarterly for the second quarter of 2017 presents a case study on a cross-border investigatory group and provides information about ACER Guidance on wash trades and other documentation that has been updated. It also includes a notification on the termination of inactive market participants’ registration process to become a Registered Reporting Mechanism (RRM) as well as the statistics for the last four quarters.

ACER published today its third consolidated annual report on the progress of Projects of Common Interest (PCIs) in electricity and gas. The report examines how the projects on the second EU list of PCIs (adopted in November 2015) evolved, with a focus on the 12-month period from January 2016 to January 2017. The Agency’s main findings are the following:

Several promoters of electricity and gas PCIs reported progress in the implementation of the projects and an advancement in their status compared to 2016. In most instances, the projects entered the permit granting process after completing earlier project development stages. In contrast, some PCIs did not report on any work or activity being done since 2015, which casts doubt on the viability of these projects.

Approximately half of the PCIs fell behind last year’s schedule. In electricity, this was mainly due to delays in permitting, while in gas it was typically due to rescheduling (i.e. voluntary postponement by a promoter, for example, due to less urgent need for the investment or re-prioritisation of the project vis-à-vis other investments). Over the last two years, only one-third of all the PCIs have managed to keep their original commissioning date.

The investment costs, as estimated and reported by the promoters, amount to €49.8 billion for electricity PCIs and €52.7 billion for gas PCIs. Since 2015, promoters have spent approximately €6 billion on gas and €4.3 billion on electricity PCIs.

Regarding the benefits which the projects would bring, in electricity the reported monetised benefits amount to €66.1 billion. The Agency was not able to evaluate the benefits of the gas PCIs as the promoters did not provide sufficient monetised benefits data for gas projects, due to a lack of monetisation of benefits in the ENTSOG CBA methodology.

The interest of the promoters in using the regulatory tools made available by Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 and exemptions remained low.

​ACER published today its third consolidated annual report on the progress of Projects of Common Interest (PCIs) in electricity and gas. The report examines how the projects on the second EU list of PCIs (adopted in November 2015) evolved, with a focus on the 12-month period from January 2016 to January 2017.​

Title: ACER finds a mixed picture in the implementation of Infrastructure Projects of Common Interest

European Commission Vice-President for the Energy Union, Maroš Šefčovič, highlighted today that cooperation among Member States in different regions of the EU will be a cornerstone of the Energy Union Governance. “I am a strong believer that the road to the fully integrated energy system in Europe leads through an improved and intensified cooperation at regional level”, he said while connecting live from Bratislava during his keynote speech at ACER’s Annual Conference 2017.

In his opening speech, ACER Director Alberto Pototschnig underlined the successful experience in the past with regional voluntary cooperation: “Without such an early implementation effort, EU consumers would have had to wait a lot longer, and most probably would still be waiting, before reaping the benefits of an integrated internal energy market”. The Conference, entitled “Regions for the Internal Energy Market”, was structured in three sessions, focussing respectively on which aspects are best dealt at regional level, the geographical scope of regional cooperation and the governance and regulatory aspects.

The “Clean Energy for all Europeans” package presented by the Commission in November promotes strong regional cooperation as the most efficient and effective means to reach the Energy Union objectives. According to the Commission, better regional cooperation among governments, regulators, transmission system operators and even research centres will lead to a fully integrated energy system at EU level, which will bring savings of up to 9 billion euros a year compared to a purely national approach.

What will ACER do in this context?

The November Package foresees a stronger role for ACER in coordinating regional decision-making. Among other new tasks, ACER will oversee Regional Operational Centres for Transmission System Operators (TSOs), supervise nominated electricity market operators and develop the methodologies for the EU wide generation adequacy assessment.

Morten Helveg Petersen, Vice-Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) underlined in a video message that “ACER’s job is absolutely key in order to ensure a well-functioning energy market that will benefit all energy consumers all over Europe”. However, “ACER should have adequate resources and the tools to conduct oversight, and the Agency currently lacks both,” he said. Petersen also suggested that for a stable funding of the Agency, the institutions should look into the possibility of ACER being able to collect fees for certain services.

The Conference opened with a welcome address by the Slovenian Minister of Infrastructure, Peter Gašperšič. Consumer associations also intervened on their expectations from the regional approach to market integration. One of the highlights of the day was a keynote speech by Norman Bay, former Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission of the United States. The sessions were moderated by Lord Mogg, Chair of ACER’s Board of Regulators; Dr Romana Jordan, Chair of ACER’s Administrative Board; and Mr Andris Piebalgs, Chair of ACER’s Board of Appeal. The concluding remarks were provided by Dominique Ristori, European Commission Director General for Energy.

​European Commission Vice-President for the Energy Union, Maroš Šefčovič, highlighted today that cooperation among Member States in different regions of the EU will be a cornerstone of the Energy Union Governance. “I am a strong believer that the road to the fully integrated energy system in Europe leads through an improved and intensified cooperation at regional level”, he said while connecting live from Bratislava during his keynote speech at ACER’s Annual Conference 2017.

Norman Bay, the former Chairman of the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), this week visited the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER). The visit was organised to coincide with ACER’s 2017 Annual Conference “Regions for the Internal Energy Market”, held yesterday, at which the former FERC Chairman delivered a keynote speech. On Wednesday, Mr Bay met with ACER’s experts from the operational departments to exchange views on developments in European and US energy markets. Mr Bay’s visit was concluded today with a general meeting with ACER staff, in which he provided insights into the US energy sector and its regulation.

Mr Bay served as FERC Commissioner in 2014 and 2015, when he was appointed FERC Chairman, a position that he held until January 2017. He previously served as Director of the Office of Enforcement at FERC and as US Attorney for the District of New Mexico.

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​Norman Bay, the former Chairman of the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), this week visited the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER). The visit was organised to coincide with ACER’s 2017 Annual Conference “Regions for the Internal Energy Market”, held yesterday, at which the former FERC Chairman delivered a keynote speech.

The Agency publishes today an updated overview of cross-border cost allocation (CBCA) decisions for electricity and gas infrastructure projects of common interest (PCIs). CBCA decisions are one of the regulatory tools provided by the trans-European energy infrastructure EU Regulation to facilitate the implementation of PCIs.
Apart from a few exceptions in 2014, NRAs and the Agency, based on project specific cost-benefit analysis (CBA) showing in general net positive impacts in the hosting countries, decided to allocate investment costs following the “territorial principle”, meaning that costs are borne by the country where the project is located. In some cases, NRAs allocated only part of the investment costs due to expected excessive increase in transmission tariffs, and relied on EU funds to fill the financing gap. In all the cases, including for projects located in one Member State only, the project promoter(s) expressed their intention to apply for EU grants. ​​​​

The Agency also notes a decreasing trend in the applications for CBCA over time with a more even distribution between the gas and electricity sectors in the past two years. Almost half of the CBCA decisions referred to PCIs belonging to the Baltic electricity and gas priority corridors. The Agency’s findings also confirmed the trend that the vast majority of the investment requests are for projects located in only one Member State.

The Agency publishes today an updated overview of cross-border cost allocation (CBCA) decisions for electricity and gas infrastructure projects of common interest (PCIs). CBCA decisions are one of the regulatory tools provided by the trans-European energy infrastructure EU Regulation to facilitate the implementation of PCIs.

ACER publishes today the latest edition of its Gas Regional Initiative Status Review Report informing on the voluntary progress made towards the regional gas markets’ integration. The Report brings to light accomplishments such as the approval of a coordinated mechanism to manage congestion between France, Portugal and Spain (South Region) and the completion of fact-finding surveys and studies in the South South-East Region.

Beyond the achievement in the field of Congestion Management Procedures, in 2016 the South Region took promising steps towards a coherent implementation of the Network Code for Gas Balancing. Moreover, National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) and Transmission System Operators (TSOs) cooperated in revising the existing Interconnection Agreements at their virtual cross-border interconnection points, to ensure compliance with the Network Code for Interoperability and Data Exchange. Portugal and Spain took an important step towards regional market integration through the creation of the common trading platform MIBGAS.

In the South-South East Region, NRAs completed surveys on the functioning of the Virtual Trading Points and on the implementation state of the Third Energy Package provisions, and studies on gas quality and data transparency. The latter studies were promoted by the Energy Community and saw active participation of the Energy Community Contracting Parties. The ROHUAT project (developed jointly by Romania, Hungary and Austria), aimed at offering incremental capacity through the route from the Black Sea to the Austrian hub, has entered the open season design phase. The allocation of cross-border capacity between Greece and Bulgaria and the coordination of the balancing interim measures between the two countries have proceeded only slowly. The same can be observed about the project aimed at minimising the burden associated with wholesale trading licensing and the respective reporting obligations.

The new role taken by the Serbian NRA (AERS) as a co-chair of the South-South East Region, starting from January 2017, marked an important milestone in the cooperation between the Agency and the Energy Community.

ACER publishes today the latest edition of its Gas Regional Initiative Status Review Report informing on the voluntary progress made towards the regional gas markets’ integration. The Report brings to light accomplishments such as the approval of a coordinated mechanism to manage congestion between France, Portugal and Spain (South Region) and the completion of fact-finding surveys and studies in the South South-East Region.​

​The Agency has recently published two opinions on electricity network development plans, one on the draft Union-wide Ten-Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP 2016) and another one regarding its consistency with the national network development plans. ACER finds the draft TYNDP 2016 prepared by ENTSO-E has improved when compared with previous plans, but it also identifies some shortcomings. Among them, insufficient alignment with the national network development plans.

The ACER Opinion on the draft TYNDP 2016 considers that the plan has improved in identifying the economic-efficient target capacities at 10 boundaries of the European system where power exchange bottlenecks were identified, corresponding to more than 30 individual borders. ACER also finds the scenario development included in the plan better prepared and explained. It also praises the classification of projects into “mid-term”, “long-term” or “future projects” categories, reflecting different advancement level and implementation dates, and the analysis of a mid-term study horizon for 2020 in addition to the one for 2030.

Suggested improvements for the plan at EU level include:

Further transparency about the TYNDP building process and calculation of target capacities;

Process for selecting projects to be included in the TYNDP;

Explanation of the link between the projects and the infrastructure investment needs;

Provision of the target capacities for each boundary, solely based on technical-economic assessments;

Assessment of resilience of the system and of security of supply benefits by each project;

Adequacy forecast and its linkage to the TYNDP;

Overall fitness of the TYNDP for the selection of the projects of common interest.

ACER opinion on the consistency of the Union-wide and the national network development plans

ACER has also published an Opinion on electricity projects in the national network development plans (NDPs) and their consistency with the project clusters in the TYNDP 2016.

The Agency notes that 33% of the national parts of the TYNDP 2016 clusters are not included in the respective NDPs, while an additional 4% are included only partially. Further, the Agency identified a few projects which are deemed by the relevant NRA as having cross-border relevance, but do not appear in the TYNDP 2016. This mismatch between the plans has significantly increased compared to previous years. The most frequent reason for this mismatch is that the commissioning date of the cluster or part of it is beyond the time horizon of the NDP, followed by reasons of non-sufficient advancement and lack of confirmation of the necessity of the project.

The Agency raises concerns about the credibility and feasibility of many clusters included in the “future project” category (projects which are still “under consideration” and/or expected to be commissioned beyond more than 10 years). This category constitutes the vast majority (71%) of the absent national parts and corresponds to about 40% of TYNDP clusters and more than half of the TYNDP expected investment costs (78 billion Euro out of a total around 150 billion Euro).

In order to improve consistency between the NDPs and the TYNDP, the Agency recommends ENTSO-E to include all NDP projects with cross-border relevance in future TYNDPs as well as to define and apply a procedure for inclusion of additional candidate non-NDP projects. Those projects which are opposed by all relevant NRAs should not be part of the TYNDP. Finally, the Agency notes that NDPs should include studies, even if they may go beyond the time horizon of the NDP, while their necessity should be carefully assessed by the NRAs.

​The Agency has recently published two opinions on electricity network development plans, one on the draft Union-wide Ten-Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP 2016) and another one regarding its consistency with the national network development plans. ACER finds the draft TYNDP 2016 prepared by ENTSO-E has improved when compared with previous plans, but it also identifies some shortcomings. Among them, insufficient alignment with the national network development plans.​

Title: ACER calls for further improvements in Union-wide and national electricity network development plans

​The Agency publishes today the results of a survey conducted among wholesale market participants - mainly shippers, suppliers, traders and energy intensive customers - across the EU on the remaining barriers to gas wholesale market trading. The survey was commissioned by the Agency and conducted by a Consultant.

The results of the survey provide input into the assessment of developments in gas wholesale markets which the Agency performs every year for the preparation of its Market Monitoring Report (MMR). In fact, one of the legal requirements of the MMR is to detect and assess market barriers hindering the implementation of the European Internal Energy Market. However, at this stage the results of the survey only reflect the opinions of those market participants that participated in the survey. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the Agency nor those of the National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs).

The main identified barriers were categorised by the Consultant by hub development category. Whereas the most important barriers for established, advanced and emerging hubs overlap to a large degree - albeit at different levels of intensity - those experienced in illiquid hubs differ significantly.

Main barriers identified by market participants in established, advanced and emerging hubs

​Regulatory transparency related to transmission tariffs at the interconnection points (methodology and setting) and the overall regulatory framework such as consultations, could be further enhanced.

Main barriers identified by market participants in illiquid hubs

For illiquid hubs (Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia) weakpolitical support to wholesale market development and the absence of an organised gas hub are cited the most.

Insufficient flexibility in the products offered at the hub and/or at the exchange as well as a lack of a reference (or at least import) wholesale price or unclear price formation mechanism are other major barriers.

You can find the latest Market Monitoring Report here. The Agency intends to publish a new edition covering 2016 in November.​

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The Agency publishes today the results of a survey conducted among wholesale market participants - mainly shippers, suppliers, traders and energy intensive customers - across the EU on the remaining barriers to gas wholesale market trading. The survey was commissioned by the Agency and conducted by a consultant. The results of the survey provide input into the assessment of developments in gas wholesale markets which the Agency performs every year for the preparation of its Market Monitoring Report (MMR). However, at this stage the results of the survey only reflect the opinions of those market participants that participated in the survey. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the Agency nor those of the National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs).

​​The latest issues of the Agency’s REMIT Quarterly have been published on the REMIT Portal today.

The 8th edition of the REMIT Quarterly for the first quarter of 2017 presents data quality activities at the Agency and provides an update on the Inside Information collection via web feeds, as well as the statistics for the last four quarters.

In addition, the 7th edition of the REMIT Quarterly for the fourth quarter of 2016 was also made available. It includes an overview of the performance and usefulness of the European Register of Market Participants, information on the new edition of transaction reporting guidance, and the statistics for 2016.

​​The latest issues of the Agency’s REMIT Quarterly have been published on the REMIT Portal today.
The 8th edition of the REMIT Quarterly for the first quarter of 2017 presents data quality activities at the Agency and provides an update on the Inside Information collection via web feeds, as well as the statistics for the last four quarters.
In addition, the 7th edition of the REMIT Quarterly for the fourth quarter of 2016 was also made available. It includes an overview of the performance and usefulness of the European Register of Market Participants, information on the new edition of transaction reporting guidance, and the statistics for 2016.

"This paper presents the feedback of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (the “Agency”) and of National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) in the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) on key elements of the European Commission’s proposals. We shall continue to explore them in greater detail – considering both the individual proposals themselves and their interrelationship with each other and, later, with the gas sector. Our joint conference of 23/24 January “Towards a future proofed Energy Market design” gives us the opportunity to hear the views of the Institutions and stakeholders and allow us to enrich those analyses”.

"This paper presents the feedback of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (the “Agency”) and of National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) in the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) on key elements of the European Commission’s proposals. We shall continue to explore them in greater detail – considering both the individual proposals themselves and their interrelationship with each other and, later, with the gas sector. Our joint conference of 23/24 January “Towards a future proofed Energy Market design” gives us the opportunity to hear the views of the Institutions and stakeholders and allow us to enrich those analyses”.

Title: The Agency published today a “European Energy Regulators’ Overview Paper Initial Reactions to the European Commission’s proposals on Clean Energy”

Today, the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER), in close collaboration with the European Network of Transmission System Operators for electricity (ENTSO-E), launched a call for interest​ to all interested stakeholders to participate in the System Operation European Stakeholder Committee (the SO ESC). This is the third ESC to be set up with the aim of ensuring effective engagement of stakeholders in network code implementation.

All European associations interested in participating are invited to express their interest to electricity(at)acer.europa.eu by no later than 9 February 2017.

The Agency will consider all the expressions of interest received by the above deadline and will thereafter decide on the composition of the SO ESC. The aim is to schedule the first SO ESC meeting on 14 March 2017 in Brussels.

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Today, the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER), in close collaboration with the European Network of Transmission System Operators for electricity (ENTSO-E), launched a call for interest to all interested stakeholders to participate in the System Operation European Stakeholder Committee (the SO ESC). This is the third ESC to be set up with the aim of ensuring effective engagement of stakeholders in network code implementation.​

Title: The Agency calls on EU associations involved in the Electricity sector to express their interest to participate in the System Operation European Stakeholder Committee

The Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) has recently published an Opinion on gas network developments. The Opinion reviews national gas network development plans (NDPs) and assesses their consistency with the EU Ten-Year Network Development Plan (EU TYNDP). The opinion also contains the results of the Agency’s monitoring of the implementation of the EU TYNDP and investments to create new interconnector capacity between EU Member States.

The main findings and recommendations of the Opinion concern various aspects of the NDP and TYNDP methodologies, coordination, consultations, transparency (particularly regarding costs and benefits), as well as other issues which could lead to a more efficient and effective implementation of the NDPs and the EU TYNDP. The Agency notes that there is a need to strengthen the regulatory oversight of the NDP in the Member States in which this oversight has so far been limited.

​The Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) has recently published an Opinion on gas network developments. The Opinion reviews national gas network development plans (NDPs) and assesses their consistency with the EU Ten-Year Network Development Plan (EU TYNDP). The opinion also contains the results of the Agency’s monitoring of the implementation of the EU TYNDP and investments to create new interconnector capacity between EU Member States.​

Following a recent survey on the indicators for contractual congestion at gas interconnection points (IPs), ACER has now published its views on the stakeholders’ responses.

As a consequence, the Agency will now consider preparing a recommendation to the Commission for a possible amendment of the Guidelines on Congestion Management Procedures (CMPs). The main focus is on:

- the reconsideration of the ‘automatic’ application of the Firm Day-Ahead Use-It-Or-Lose-It mechanism at congested IPs; and
- the enhancement of the congestion analysis/evaluation by including additional elements.

ACER and CEER, representing Europe’s energy regulators, welcome the “new Clean Energy for All Europeans” proposals adopted today by the European Commission. The Commission’s proposals will be publicly discussed at our dedicated conference on the new energy market design for the clean energy transition (23-24 January, 2017).

Consumers should benefit from the “Clean Energy for All Europeans” proposals

Welcoming the proposals, ACER Director, Alberto Pototschnig, said “The ACER-CEER Market Monitoring Report, published this month provides an evidence base for the need to enhance the electricity market design to meet the new challenges facing the sector. The Commission’s proposals and regulators’ approach to the energy market design framework are well aligned. We share the common goal of developing competitive, liquid and integrated energy markets across Europe that can deliver full benefits to EU energy consumers.”

Expressing his hope that consumer will benefit from the proposals, Chair of ACER’s Board of Regulators and CEER President, Lord Mogg added:

“Regulators are fully committed to a regulatory framework that supports a future-proof market design at both wholesale and retail levels. Our hope is that with the Commission’s proposals, energy consumers will enjoy a good deal in terms of price, choice and quality of supply."

ACER-CEER conference on the new Energy Market Design for the Clean Energy Transition

The ACER-CEER conference will address with stakeholders the key issues and associated regulatory challenges emerging from the Commission’s proposals on the “Clean Energy for All Europeans”.​

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ACER and CEER, representing Europe’s energy regulators, welcome the “new Clean Energy for All Europeans” proposals adopted today by the European Commission. The Commission’s proposals will be publicly discussed at our dedicated conference on the new energy market design for the clean energy transition (23-24 January, 2017). ​​